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To .......... 

.Senate 

Subjed .....

Curriculum ..hanZes...... 

History 

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Dean ? 

Graduate Sdi. 

Date ........

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Action undertaken by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, at its 

Meeting on March 23, 1987, gives rise to the following motion: 

MOTION: 

"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of 

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Governors, as set forth in 

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S.87-10 

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, the proposed change 

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to the History Graduate Program: 

Add. Page 248, 

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A thesis of 10 semester hours. _    

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should not be more than 

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in length. 

Rationale: One hundred pages 

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re than adequate to present 

an example of 

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ginal scholarship, and the department 

is att 

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g to speed the progress of its graduate 

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ts. One hundred pages is the limit fixed in 

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istory Departments at other universities such as 

UBC and McGill, and in the Political Science Depart- 

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Delete: Page 248, Programs of Study 

Under certain circumstances, the Department may 

consent to the awarding of the M.A. degree on the 

basis of course work and extended essays only. In 

place of the thesis, the candidate must' complete 

an additional ten semester hours in course work and 

must submit to the Examining Committee three extended 

essays, based on course work." 

Rationale: The extended essay option, in its current form of two extra 

courses plus three extended essays, demands much more work 

than the thesis option. The Department has decided to elim- 

inate the extended essay option rather than reduce Its scope 

because it feels that those whom it was largely designed to 

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serve, the part-time students, should be quite capable of 

producing a thesis of fifty to sixty pages. Research is an 

important component of the History discipline, and the De- 

partment feels that the work required of a Master's degree 

should demonstrate the ability to exercise a higher degree 

of conceptualization and originality than would be required 

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in extended essays. Finally, it might be noted that very 

few History M.A. students have expressed interest in the 

extended essay option. 

B.P. Clayman 

Dean of Graduate Studies. 

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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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MEMORANDUM

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The Faculty-of Arts Graduate Studies Committee at its meeting of 

11 February, 

1987

approved the calendar changes to the Department 

of History as outlined in the attached. 

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M.C. Roberts 

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MEMORANDUM

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IFrom ................4tt......................... 

Dean of Arts 

Subjed 

Changes to History Graduate 

Programme 

History - GSC 

Date......... 

In its meeting of 22 January 1987 the History 

Department moved that changes be made in the M.A. program, 

recorded in the calendar as follows: 

1. P. 248, Programs of Study 

2. A thesis of 10 semester hours. 

Add to this sent.: "The thesis should not be more than 100 

pages in length." 

Rationale: One hundred pages is more than adequate to 

present an example of original scholarship, 

and the department is attempting to speed the 

progress of its graduate students. One hundred 

pages is the limit fixed in History Departments 

at other universities such as U.B.C. and McGill, 

and in the Political Science Department at S.F.U. 

2.

P. 248, Programs of Study 

Eliminate the following sentences: "Under certain circum- 

stances, the department may consent to the 

awarding of the M.A. degree on the basis of 

course work and extended essays only. In place 

of the thesis, the candidate must complete an 

additional ten semester hours in course work and 

must submit to the Examining Committee three 

extended essays, based on course work." 

Rationale: ? 

The extended essay option, in its current form 

of two extra courses plus three extended essays, 

demands much more work than the thesis option. 

The department has decided to eliminate the 

extended essay option rather than reduce its 

scope because it feels that those whom it was 

largely designed to serve, the part-time students, 

should be quite capable of producing a thesis of 

fifty to sixty pages. Research is an important 

component of the History discipline, and the 

Department feels that the work required of a 

Master's degree should demonstrate the ability 

to exercise a higher degree of conceptualization 

and originality than would be required in extended 

essays. Finally, it might be noted that very few 

History M.A. students have expressed interest in 

the extended essay option. 

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J. I. Little 

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M.A.

PROGRAM

CONDITIONS OF

ADMISSION

Candidates for the M.A. degree must satisfy the minimum entrance

requirements set by the university: namely, at least a 3.0 average or its

equivalent. In addition, the department requires a 3.25 average or its

equivalent in the major subject over the last two years of the undergrad-

uate program. A degree in a discipline related to History may be

accepted in some cases.

Programs of Study

Upon admission into the Graduate program, each student will be

assigned a supervisor. For information of the supervisory committee

see

General Regulations,

page 211. All candidates for the M.A. degree

must satisfy the following minimum requirements, totalling 30 semes-

ter hours:

20 semester hours of course work of which at least 15 semester

hours must be in graduate courses in the department. Each year

at least two seminars of two-semester length (ten semester

hours) will be offered, one in Canadian History, the other in Euro-

pean History. A third two-semester seminar may be offered in

another field when student numbers warrant All students will be

required to take at least one of these two part sequences of

courses, HIST 806 and 807, or HIST 808 and 809. or HIST 810 and

811, which will be available in the Fall and Spring semesters..The

remaining courses required to complete the degree will be

• offered, in most cases (with the exception of History 800-5), as

individual single-semester study courses (five semester hours

each). Students with

significant financial support from fellow-

ships or scholarships willbe expected to take a full course load

each semester; those with T.A.ships or R.A.ships may extend

their course load over a maximum of three semesters, but will be

expected to begin thesis research in the third semester.

2. A

thesis of 10 semester hours. t

Before beginning the research

- semester, the student must prepare a thesis prospectus which

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indicates the nature of the problem, the availability and accessi-

bility of the relevant materials, etc. After consultation with the

• senior supervisor, the prospectus must be submitted to a meet-

ing of the supervisory committee for its suggestions and

approval.

therceftain-elreumstenees-the-depa#fnont nay-consent to th.

awardilla of

the MA d, ,,-o,rthe b&s,s-of t,rse-work

and extended

essays only In ploo of the thesis, the candidate must oompletean

additional ton -aomoatei hourain-cowse-work

and

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Examin

ng Committee thrèo-cxtondod essays, based on course work.

Language Requirements

The department will require a reading knowledge of any language

relevant to the student's research. Students proposing to study Cana-

dian History must demonstrate an ability to read French.

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics offers

courses to help Graduate students to meet language requirements.

PH.D. PROGRAM

General

Prospective candidates for the Ph.D. degree should be advised that

the degree is granted in recognition of the student's general grasp of

the subject matter of a broad area of study; for his/her ability to think

critically; and for his/her power to analyse and coordinate problems and

data from allied fields of study. Through his/her thesis the student must

demonstrate his/her ability to make an original contribution to know-

ledge, either through the discovery and analysis of new information or

through the exercise of independent critical power.

A student ordinarily will be admitted to the Ph.D. program after

completion of an MA. or its equivalent. Applicants with a B.A. applying

directly to the Ph.D. program must have at least a 3.5 GPAor its equiva-

lent. Candidates for the M.A. degree at SFU, after.successful completion

of two semesters and a GPA of 3.5 in 10 semester hours of course-work

in the Master's program, may apply for admission into the Ph.D. pro-

gram. Admission from the MA. program will be contingent upon a

distinguished level of performance, recommendation of directing fac-

ulty, scholarly potential, and the available resources of the Department

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The thesis 

should not be

more than 100 

pages in length. 

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